Alfred Machard

{{Short description|French writer}} {{Infobox person | name = Alfred Machard | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_date = 12 October 1887 | birth_place = Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France | death_date =2 December 1962 (aged 75) | death_place = Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France | othername = | occupation =Screenwriter, Novelist | yearsactive = }} '''Alfred Machard''' (12 October 1887 – 2 December 1962) was a French screenwriter and novelist.<ref>Wlaschin p.149</ref> A number of his works have been adapted into films.<ref>Goble p.299</ref> He co-directed the 1934 film ''His Other Love''. His wife Raymonde Machard was also a noted writer.

==Selected filmography== * ''The Mystery of the Eiffel Tower'' (1928) * ''Queen of the Night'' (1931) * ''La Femme d'une nuit'' (1931) * ''Coquecigrole'' (1931) * ''Salto Mortale'' (1931, French) *''Salto Mortale'' (1931, German) * ''Haunted People'' (1932) * ''His Other Love'' (1934) * ''Klokslag Twaalf'' (1936) * ''When Midnight Strikes'' (1936) * ''De Man Zonder Hart'' (1937) * ''Facing Destiny'' (1940) * ''The Law of Spring'' (1942) * ''The Lost Woman'' (1942) * ''Tomorrow Is Too Late'' (1950) * ''Trique, gamin de Paris'' (1962)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Bibliography== * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. *Wlaschin, Ken. ''Silent Mystery and Detective Movies: A Comprehensive Filmography''. McFarland, 2009.

==External links== *{{IMDb name|0532551}}

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